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Charles had falsely told her that Dr. Janz said he could discontinue treatment at any time, she believes there is no obstacle to their being together. Charles also lies to her that he has come from another meeting confirming a large inheritance, telling her he is now free to do anything. Terry asks him what he means, but Charles does not reveal more and instead attempts to
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her. While she is trying to repel him, they are interrupted by a phone call notifying Terry that her uncle, following a stabbing, is alive but unconscious in a hospital. She and
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between the police and the murderer, but all attempts to track him down fail. The murders become daily fodder for the press. It is revealed that
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following a two-year prison term for rape on condition that he undergo daily psychiatric treatment. While for the most part maintaining a calm demeanour, he always approaches the analyst's couch with trepidation and occasionally becomes aggressive and shows signs of inner turmoil during sessions.
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for himself for the times of the two murders; seemingly being at the practice at 7:00 on the nights in question, he cannot be what headlines have dubbed the "7:00 Killer." In another session when
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Charles meanwhile explores the hospital, his identity concealed by an operating gown and mask taken from a supply room. After an unsuccessful attempt at killing Janz on the operating table, he enters the recovery room in which Dr. Janz is lying. When he has taken Dr. Janz on a
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that his father is alive and his sister Ruthie is dead: in fact, his father is already dead, and his sister is alive, "dead" to him because her marriage and relocation represented the death of the love from an ersatz mother.
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found in her car reveals the car was in the area of the football match where Dr. Janz was stabbed. As Terry had lent her car to
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